The above website not only counts down to the London Games, it also figures out days left until the 2014 (Russia), 2016 (Brazil), and 2018 (South Korea) Olympics. Too much info!! Rather like counting down to Christmas 2014, 2016, 2018…

Sports –> not my thing. Travelling abroad –> MY THING! so I offer for the next few posts a”re-counting” of great or renowned London buildings. Today I begin with one of its best-known addresses:

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EVERY news broadcast that has anything political to report from LONDON will feature the door of No. 10 Downing Street.

Reading London Drum City Guide’s website description of Downing Street, the surprise comes when the reason for its very name is revealed: George Downing, a confidante of Oliver Cromwell. As with many politicos: George Downing had no qualms about changing sides…

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Hetty Bower (right), a former suffragette, was 105 years old when this photo was snapped in fall 2011. She got this close to the door of No. 10 because she was delivering a petition.

Ooooh, nice Georgian double-sash windows (wide and long); bet there’s a fair amount of depth (6- or 8-inches?) to the window wells. Contact Us, David! Our “bulk discount” begins at 15 shades, and the pound to the US-dollar is still an advantageous exchange. Maybe the Chancellor of the Exchequer, next door at No. 11, would be interested too…

We might even break our rule of “self-measure and self-install” which every other CellularWindowShades.com customer has to abide by. Call it an early Xmas Gift.